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Edd Coates | Game UI Database 2.0
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Edd Coates | Game UI Database 2.0
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Freelance Game UI/UX Designer • Created gameuidatabase.com & padcrafter.com • TGA Future Class • @GameDevHeroes Design Hero • @BAFTA • Author of 👀 @LostinCult
Brentwood, Essex
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    Edd Coates | Game UI Database 2.0
    @EddCoates
    Dec 4, 2020
    Proud to present the Game UI Database! A whopping 11569 screenshots, 325 games, and filterable by screen type, genre, art style, control scheme, layout, patterns, textures and more! ENJOY! gameuidatabase.com #gameui #uidesign #gamedev #uiux
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    Edd Coates | Game UI Database 2.0
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    May 22, 2023
    Protip! Pair your beautiful new logo with some Wordart to really make it POP!
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    Paul Couvert
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    May 21, 2023
    RIP graphic designers? AI can create a logo in seconds. Here is how to create any logo for free using AI:
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    Edd Coates | Game UI Database 2.0
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    May 2, 2023
    I have now collected over 300 games worth of video for Game UI Database 2.0! Every single clip has been specially encoded to allow for high speed scrubbing, frame-by-frame. This is great for studying complex transitions and motion gfx, or simply enjoying the UI at your own pace!
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    Edd Coates | Game UI Database 2.0
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    Sep 4, 2024
    The Game UI Database has been laggy as hell for weeks now, but my server overlord @Jay_X_Peet managed to fix it by blocking a single IP address. Guess who the culprit was? 🙄
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    Edd Coates | Game UI Database 2.0
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    Mar 22, 2023
    I feel so sad and powerless. Don’t be fooled by their claims of “support”, this is exactly how it starts. They’re clearly testing the waters with the small stuff before rolling out more aggressive forms of AI. This work could have created a job for a Junior. Fucking disgusting.
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    VGC
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    Mar 21, 2023
    Ubisoft has unveiled a new AI tool 'that aims to support scriptwriters' by generating first drafts of NPC dialogue vgc.news/news/ubisoft-i…
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    Edd Coates | Game UI Database 2.0
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    May 18, 2023
    Replying to @theRazbuten
    The Souls series borrowed ideas from Zelda, BOTW took a lot of inspiration from Souls, Elden Ring was greatly inspired by BOTW, and I can certainly see where TOTK took inspiration from Elden Ring. There’s nothing shady going on here, this is pretty standard in game development!
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    Edd Coates | Game UI Database 2.0
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    Jul 8, 2024
    After 2.5 years of work, I'm proud to finally announce that Game UI Database 2.0 will launch August 5th!! Completely rebuilt from the ground up with an extensive video library, colour analysis tools, brand new filters, font size detection, an image inspector and much, much more.
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    Edd Coates | Game UI Database 2.0
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    Sep 15, 2024
    Game devs aren’t prestigious villains in ivory towers, we’re hard working, underpaid and passionate people who go through hell just to create cool stuff for players to enjoy. This ‘Us vs Them’ mentality is exhausting. We’re all gamers, just some of us happen to make games too.
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    Tarja Porkka-Kontturi ✿
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    Sep 15, 2024
    What’s one thing that most people outside the games industry don’t understand about the games industry?
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    Edd Coates | Game UI Database 2.0
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    May 30, 2024
    One of my proudest achievements in the upcoming Game UI Database 2.0: the image inspector! Toggle this sidebar on any image to get a complete readout of its colour palette, harmonies, styles, screen patterns, and HUD elements. You can even hover over words to get font sizes!
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    Edd Coates | Game UI Database 2.0
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    Sep 7, 2024
    Oh look, @Microsoft are back! I wonder why a source from Copilot was logged on my website for 161 consecutive hours 🤔 Gosh it's a mystery! As I have said on here many times, stated in a disclaimer *and* configured in my Robots.txt, I don't consent to this. Please just fuck off.
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    Edd Coates | Game UI Database 2.0
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    Sep 19, 2023
    I actually love seeing UI lectures from people who haven’t the faintest idea about the intricacies of UI design. Adorable. BRB while I reorganise the database by “Good HUD” and “Bad HUD”.
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    Edd Coates | Game UI Database 2.0
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    Feb 20, 2023
    I had a breakdown at uni and failed my degree. I was jobless, on the dole and in therapy with severe anxiety, depression and OCD until I was 28. Now i'm 38 with a lead role in the games industry, an award-winning website, and a book on the way 💪 Still pinching myself everyday.
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    Gaurav Sabnis
    @gauravsabnis
    Feb 16, 2023
    Flex your lowest academic low score. To remind us that almost everyone fails at some point in life but it isn't the end of the road. Just a memory in the end. Mine was 27/100 in Engineering Math 2, just a year after I'd scored 99 in 12th boards. Much needed kick in my butt.
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    Edd Coates | Game UI Database 2.0
    @EddCoates
    Feb 29, 2024
    This is exactly the kind of opportunism I’ve been afraid of. You think the industry was bad before? Now there are 17,000 people out of work in a shrinking job market. The big studios know they’re the ones with the power now, and some of them WILL abuse it. I’m terrified.
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    Edd Coates | Game UI Database 2.0
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    Aug 9, 2024
    For the love of god, can you degenerative AI pricks stop contacting me about the database? No, you can't have access to the data, no I'm not interested in working with you, and no, I'm not the least bit flattered that you're using my platform in your dev process. Just fuck off.
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